The SEI helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, computer security, and process improvement. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Its core purpose is to help organizations improve their software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time.

Software Product Lines

A software product line is a set of software-reliant systems that
share a common, managed set of features satisfying a particular market
or mission area, and are built from a common set of core assets in a
prescribed way. Producing a set of related products as a product line
has allowed organizations to achieve increased quality and significant
reductions in cost and time to market. But adopting a product line
approach to software is both a technical and a business decision that
involves many challenges.

What are the costs and benefits of a product line approach for
your organization?

How do you manage the production and use of core assets across the product line?

How do you get a handle on the software engineering, technical management, and organizational management issues associated with software product line engineering?

How do you structure your organization to coordinate the production of core assets and products?

What are your organization's particular strengths and challenges with respect to a product line approach?

How do software product lines relate to other current technology and business trends?

This two-day course introduces the world of software product lines and
the basic concepts behind it. The course also provides an overview of
the essential technical and management practices needed to succeed with
software product lines, as well as case studies, guidelines and patterns for applying product line techniques. This course,
which is also included in the SEI Software Architecture Curriculum, is
based on the book
Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns

The goal of this course is for participants to understand the
fundamental concepts and practices involved in software product lines.

Who should attend?

software engineers and technical managers who are interested in effective reuse strategies

software engineers and technical managers who are adopting or using a software product line approach

Topics

fundamental concepts of software product lines

the costs and benefits of using a product line approach

essential product line activities

software product line practice areas

software product line practice patterns

the SEI Product Line Technical Probe (PLTP)

case studies of organizations that have achieved success with software product lines

a phased approach for adopting software product lines

Objectives

This course provides attendees with a thorough overview of software
product lines including

how a product line approach can be combined with other technology and business trends

what product line practice patterns best apply to your organization

a path to software product line adoption

Prerequisites

Before registering for this course, participants must have

experience in designing and developing software-reliant systems

some familiarity with modern software engineering concepts and management practices

In addition, an understanding of basic software architecture concepts is
recommended. Participants can gain it by completing the Software Architecture: Principles and Practices course, which is available as instructor-led classroom training and as eLearning.

Schedule

Training courses provided by the SEI are not academic courses for academic credit toward a degree. Any certificates provided are evidence of the completion of the courses and are not official academic credentials.